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especially from former colleague and fellow vietnam veteran john mccain. joining me now for our daily fix chris cali sfwl za managing editor of post politics.com, and nbc news chief pentagon krbt jim miklaccewski. snoo. >> you're watching the hearings closely. this thing not going that well for chuck hagel, at least with his critics, john mccain is a very important member of this committee. >> what is so striking, andrea, is that chuck hagel has had a series of meetings with more than 50 of the members of the senate. all the questions that would be put to him must have come up in those conversations, and yet, before this committee there were times where he looked ill-prepared for questions that would have been pretty easy to anticipate. at the same time you had democrats trying to in a couple of instances almost rehabilitate his answers to clarify his point. now, to the good side, he had the opportunity to talk about how his own service in vietnam and that of his brothers has given him perspective that wab valuable if confirmed as the defense secretary, bu
especially from former colleague and fellow vietnam veteran john mccain. joining me now for our daily fix chris cali sfwl za managing editor of post politics.com, and nbc news chief pentagon krbt jim miklaccewski. snoo. >> you're watching the hearings closely. this thing not going that well for chuck hagel, at least with his critics, john mccain is a very important member of this committee. >> what is so striking, andrea, is that chuck hagel has had a series of meetings with more...
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he has his hands full when, you know, taking on john mccain. it's going to provide endless entertainment. and unlike, you know. >> the weiner scandal you were just talking about, it's at least a substantive one. you know, it serves to -- it's a debate worth having. >> and i think when the new republic questioned john mccain about who he would support in 2016, hillary clinton versus rand paul, he said something about how he'd have to think about it or make up his mind. so that's a pretty strong statement. thanks very much, jackie. good to see you and chris cillizza and of course our own kelly o'donnell. >>> sleeping on the job and special treatment for family members, that's a few examples of misconduct investigating the transportation security administration. today a house subcommittee questioned tsa administrators. nbc justice correspondent pete williams joins me now. pete, obviously the tsa not the most popular agency among most travelers although they've been trying to be a little bit more consumer friendly. this is pretty appalling, the kin
he has his hands full when, you know, taking on john mccain. it's going to provide endless entertainment. and unlike, you know. >> the weiner scandal you were just talking about, it's at least a substantive one. you know, it serves to -- it's a debate worth having. >> and i think when the new republic questioned john mccain about who he would support in 2016, hillary clinton versus rand paul, he said something about how he'd have to think about it or make up his mind. so that's a...
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you had john mccain on the republican side. the maverick came together and mccain got crushed on this issue. it was very damaging to him both in his presidential and also in his senate re-elect, so i think it's what's important to watch here as the immigration stuff unrolls this week. it's how are grassroots particularly conservatives reacting to these proposals. >> and the next big step coming up we've got a vote in the senate foreign relations committee tomorrow on john kerry. that's going to be automatic. he is going to be breezed through and voted for and hillary clinton leaves friday. he will be coming in next monday. let's talk about chuck hagel and his confirmation hearing is on friday. you're just back from israel. what is the view there now? >> well, the israelis are very cautious about not saying anything. you know, there was this whole business about interfering about the netanyahu government. they're being hyper cautious about not saying anything. that said there's a lot of worry that he is you're going to distance
you had john mccain on the republican side. the maverick came together and mccain got crushed on this issue. it was very damaging to him both in his presidential and also in his senate re-elect, so i think it's what's important to watch here as the immigration stuff unrolls this week. it's how are grassroots particularly conservatives reacting to these proposals. >> and the next big step coming up we've got a vote in the senate foreign relations committee tomorrow on john kerry. that's...
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remember that john mccain referred to ted cruz as whacko birds a few months ago. john mccain is a very different vision of how the republican party should be the loyal opposition than does ted cruz. i would note that you played ted cruz saying he's not mr. cleej yalty. i would say 75% to 80% of the rhetoric in that 21 hours and 19 minutes was devoted to calling out republicans. ted cruz praised people like bernie sanders, the independent who caucuses with democrats for his filibuster. he said he understood why harry reid was doing what he was doing. he understood why democrats were taking the approach they took to obama care. he really saved kind of the rhetoric for his own side. why weren't more republicans there? he called some of the procedural votes that republicans had advocated for fake and phony. he knew what he was doing, and i'm sure he knew that the likes of john mccain were not going to be happy about it. >> mark halperin, what is the next step? you have a dysfunctional congress, house and senate. now we have the funding bill. we have the debt ceiling.
remember that john mccain referred to ted cruz as whacko birds a few months ago. john mccain is a very different vision of how the republican party should be the loyal opposition than does ted cruz. i would note that you played ted cruz saying he's not mr. cleej yalty. i would say 75% to 80% of the rhetoric in that 21 hours and 19 minutes was devoted to calling out republicans. ted cruz praised people like bernie sanders, the independent who caucuses with democrats for his filibuster. he said...
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i can say, though, john mccain is one of the -- he is serious about all the issues. he is treating this nomination like everything he --s with great seriousness, and i commend him for that. >> we're just learning that at least the associated press and the boston globe both reporting that scott brown will not be running for the seat next toor to you in rhode island. what do you think of that, since he was widely viewed as the biggest challenge to a perspective democrat running for that open seat? of course, the john kerry seat. >> i -- all politics is local. i'm a little surprised, but i -- my reaction would be that he has made a decision. he knows better than anyone what's it like to serve in the senate, what is it like to run for the senate, and you have to thank him for his service and respect his decision. >> and back to the hagel situation and what's going to happen at d.o.d. we've been talking here about how his performance, assuming that he does get confirmed, does that weaken him going into the pentagon where there are a lot of sharks ready to attack? >> no, a
i can say, though, john mccain is one of the -- he is serious about all the issues. he is treating this nomination like everything he --s with great seriousness, and i commend him for that. >> we're just learning that at least the associated press and the boston globe both reporting that scott brown will not be running for the seat next toor to you in rhode island. what do you think of that, since he was widely viewed as the biggest challenge to a perspective democrat running for that...
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a now "new york times" photographer steven crowley captures john mccain and rand paul only moments after mccain slammed paul's made for television filibuster. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live from washington. the stock market soaring to a new record high. the jobless numbers are at a four-ee low, and the washington post chris joins us now along with greg with the economist and cnbc wr this is your specialty, so let's start with you today. let's get behind the numbers, the good, the bad, and any ugly? >> most of bad. excuse me. mostly good. >> good, good, good. >> no ugly that i can see. the number of jobs created quite a bit mo expecting. if you look over the last few months, it looks like we're sustaining job growth from the 150,000 to 200,000 area. more hours means more income, more spending power, but the main thing -- the main take-away p is what's not happening. we are not seeing the economy crumple even though it was hit with big tax increases in january and higher gasoline prices. >> the headwinds may be felt in that this might have been a bigger move forward than otherwise,
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i think bill clinton generally likes john mccain. he gave him a platform in 2008 at the global initiative when mccain was the republican nominee against barack obama. there is history between of two of them. it was a long event and a -- clinton spoke quite a bit. one ge. context of the decisions bill clinton made about kosovo and bosnia, how does bill clinton see what he views in the world now. mccain said specifically the middle east, how do you view what's going on in various parts of the world in terms of large-scale killings. clinton gave a very long answer. then he brought it back to saying that, if he had -- essentially, if he had governed by polls, if he had governed by telling the american public that congress was just so opposed to it that he would have looked like "a total wuss." and americans expect their presidents and members of congress to lead and that's what they elect them for. he got asked another question about the middle east, not specific about syria but what the u.s. role should there be given this post-arab spr
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that was, of course, john mccain during the hearing. did you see his tweet acknowledging that was him? >> i did. he kind of poked fun at himself and said, you know, the worst part of all this, i lost. look, i do think in this modern era where there are photographers, people tweeting, people posting on youtube everywhere, you're smart to just say, look, you know, i'd asked my questions, people had moved on, and i was killing time, essentially, not what john mccain said. i think it's smart to poke a little fun at yourself. gosh knows i poke enough fun at myself. >> yes, busted. we should say that on twitter a lot of people were upset because of the seriousness of the subject. >> right, and i think that's why mccain felt like he needed to say something. >> chris, thank you so much. and that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." tomorrow, congressman elijah cummings. remember, follow the show online and on twitter @mitchellreports. my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next on "news nation." >> hi, andrea. th
that was, of course, john mccain during the hearing. did you see his tweet acknowledging that was him? >> i did. he kind of poked fun at himself and said, you know, the worst part of all this, i lost. look, i do think in this modern era where there are photographers, people tweeting, people posting on youtube everywhere, you're smart to just say, look, you know, i'd asked my questions, people had moved on, and i was killing time, essentially, not what john mccain said. i think it's smart...
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mccain, which could foretell what we may hear from john mccain. we haven't heard really very much from him about chuck hagel in this context. we have certainly heard from lindsey graham, and we'll hear from john cornyn coming up on this program who has been fiercely critical. >> i would say andrea two people to watch. you've got one. mccain absolutely because he was someone that was close to chuck hagel. kind of the reform-minded republicans. they clearly broke, parted ways on iraq. i do think that chuck hagel, politics does always matter. i think the fact that chuck hagel full throatedly endorsed bob kerry in nebraska in 2012 will not sit well with other republicans. i think the other senator we need to watch, which this is chuck schumer, the new york democrat, very powerful form heard of the senatorial campaign committee, you know, widely seen as probably the next leader of the democrats and the senate. who was skeptical about the idea of a hagel pick, in part, because of his past statements on israel. schumer, i assume, will get in line. though
mccain, which could foretell what we may hear from john mccain. we haven't heard really very much from him about chuck hagel in this context. we have certainly heard from lindsey graham, and we'll hear from john cornyn coming up on this program who has been fiercely critical. >> i would say andrea two people to watch. you've got one. mccain absolutely because he was someone that was close to chuck hagel. kind of the reform-minded republicans. they clearly broke, parted ways on iraq. i do...
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i don't care what john mccain thinks. andrea, i don't care what john mccain thinks. >> the election was held largely on the subject of obama care, of the affordable care act. >> absolutely. >> john mccain, he lost. the supreme court ruled. it's a fact of life. you wouldn't expect the president to back off his crowning achievement from his point of view. why not fight this on another issue. >> andrea, nancy pelosi and democrats controlled the house in 2008 when they passed this monstrosity. she was the one who said we need to pass it in order to find out what's in it. guess what, the election of 2010 had a sweeping change. republicans came sweeping in to take control of the house. i, too, won an election. do you want me to disregard all my voters and all the promises i made and how i got elected? there were lots of people who got elected particularly in 2010 on this issue and to say you should forget about that because of president obama's lec. we can't do that. there has to be some respect we, too, were elected of the maj
i don't care what john mccain thinks. andrea, i don't care what john mccain thinks. >> the election was held largely on the subject of obama care, of the affordable care act. >> absolutely. >> john mccain, he lost. the supreme court ruled. it's a fact of life. you wouldn't expect the president to back off his crowning achievement from his point of view. why not fight this on another issue. >> andrea, nancy pelosi and democrats controlled the house in 2008 when they...
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but john mccain, john mccain asked her about that cable that was sent by chris stevens, the ambassador who died on 9/11, the day of the attack. hillary clinton answered by talking about what the house has held back and the holds on security funds for their budget, but never really responded why she had not seen that cable, why all of these requests had not reached her desk. >> it was a deft sidestep and probably with the mccain/clinton matchup, it was the most even handed of the exchanges we saw today. they have a long history. they are good personal friends. there's a lot of respect between them. there is a lot of warmth between them, but on this issue, mccain got out of the way all of his thanks and salutations to the secretary, then said he strongly disagrees. she came prepared to put some of the burden back on congress, so she was armed with a lot of facts about things congress has done or not done that might contribute to the overall security picture for these missions in dangerous places. what i was also struck by is, i can't remember another time during a hearing when a senator
but john mccain, john mccain asked her about that cable that was sent by chris stevens, the ambassador who died on 9/11, the day of the attack. hillary clinton answered by talking about what the house has held back and the holds on security funds for their budget, but never really responded why she had not seen that cable, why all of these requests had not reached her desk. >> it was a deft sidestep and probably with the mccain/clinton matchup, it was the most even handed of the exchanges...
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first, let's look at what john mccain had to say about benghazi. chuck hagel was, of course, not in office during benghazi, but that has been a big issue. this is mccain and david gregory on "meet the press" over benghazi. >> we have had a massive coverup on the part of -- >> a massive coverup of what? i mean, susan -- wait a minute. susan rice said there was a lot of confusion. i'm asking you -- >> do you care, david? do you care? i'm asking you. i'm asking you, do you care whether four americans died? >> i just asked you a coverup of what? >> of the information concerning the deaths of four brave americans. the information has not been forthcoming. you can obviously believe that it has. i know that it hasn't. >> of course, benghazi is another issue they're holding against hagel because it gives them leverage. >> right. look, that is a common tactic in washington. we saw it with the brennan nomination actually from the democratic side getting leverage to get some of the information about the legal analysis for drone strikes. so fair game. the thin
first, let's look at what john mccain had to say about benghazi. chuck hagel was, of course, not in office during benghazi, but that has been a big issue. this is mccain and david gregory on "meet the press" over benghazi. >> we have had a massive coverup on the part of -- >> a massive coverup of what? i mean, susan -- wait a minute. susan rice said there was a lot of confusion. i'm asking you -- >> do you care, david? do you care? i'm asking you. i'm asking you, do...
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rand paul's cia filibuster gets slammed by john mccain. is objecting to your government or objecting to the policy of government sympathizing with the enemy? some openly were sympathetic. no one will ever forget jane fonda swiveling around in north vietnamese armored guns, and it was despicable. it's one thing if you want to try her for treason, but are you going to just drop a drone hell fire missile on jane fonda? >> somehow to allege that the united states of america, our government, would drop a drone hell fire missile on jane fonda, that -- that is -- that brings the conversation from a serious discussion about u.s. policy to the realm of the ridiculous. >> so rand paul now let the senate confirm the cia director? stay tuned. and is this the beginning of a beautiful friendship? president obama invites paul ryan to the white house for lunch after dining with senate republicans at the jefferson hotel. swanky too. >> how did the meeting go? >> just fine. great. wonderful. >> i am more optimistic just from a personal standpoint. >> senato
rand paul's cia filibuster gets slammed by john mccain. is objecting to your government or objecting to the policy of government sympathizing with the enemy? some openly were sympathetic. no one will ever forget jane fonda swiveling around in north vietnamese armored guns, and it was despicable. it's one thing if you want to try her for treason, but are you going to just drop a drone hell fire missile on jane fonda? >> somehow to allege that the united states of america, our government,...
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. >> and is john mccain now conceding this is all a grudge match? >> there's a lot of ill will towards senator hagel because when he was a republican, he attacked president bush mercilessly, at one point said he was the worst president since herbert hoover, said that the surge was the worst blunder sense the vietnam war, which is nonsense, and was very anti his own party and people. people don't forget that. >> the heroes of newtown. president obama pos thumously awards the medal to six people who died while rescuing the children. >> dawn hotsprung and mary serlach, vicky solo, lauren russo, rachel devino, ann marie murphy. they gave their lives to protect the precious children in their care. they gave all they had for the most innocent and helpless among us. that's who we honor today. the courageous heart, the selfless spirit, the inspiring actions of extraordinary americans. >> the triumph was no triumph. the carnival cruise ship finally reaches shore, and -- >> we didn't have water. we didn't have showers. we didn't have hot meals. >> it was lite
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the questioning we just saw with john mccain is sort of home state john mccain, representing arizona and wanting to be able to go home and talk about more security along the border. also an important piece, if immigration, which was passed in the senate could ever move forward in the house that, border security piece is essential. this is one of mccain's sort of home state with national security implications issues and he pounded away at jeh johnson, wanting to get more of an answer. johnson saying he needs to talk to the people at dhs to know what he can provide. there's been a long frustration there. but it is the sort of second-term blues for the president with the kind of focus on nominees where the senate can use its power of advise and consent in the constitution to lemp leverage the administration on things like, this wanting to extract information. so the good friends mccain and graham are taking different approaches here, but it's a similar tactic in trying to get something out of the obama white house and administration. >> and this as, of course, healthcare.gov was on tria
the questioning we just saw with john mccain is sort of home state john mccain, representing arizona and wanting to be able to go home and talk about more security along the border. also an important piece, if immigration, which was passed in the senate could ever move forward in the house that, border security piece is essential. this is one of mccain's sort of home state with national security implications issues and he pounded away at jeh johnson, wanting to get more of an answer. johnson...
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john boehner and nancy pelosi endorsed the white house approach, but john mccain wants more aggressive reaction and tea party republicans argue for nothing at all. bill crystal is the editor and the director of the foreign policy initiative. great to see you. john baper tweeted out that he supports the president, but the president is on his own. they can't whip it and they know why. they told our affiliate in bakersfield he hasn't decided how he feels about this. californians in both parties are actually much more reluctant to join the president's call. what do you think the party needs to do? >> it's reasonable for the speaker tow get the war and peace vote and left up to members to make up their mind according to the best judgment. the house republicans especially. they don't have a great deal of trust in the confidence and policy. he misled them several times and they think they are worried about authorizing the use of force that might conceivably counterproductive. having said that, the case against a no vote is so strong that it outweighs all the understandable reluctance and doub
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pressure from john mccain and others to do more to help the rebels. what kind of political transition is possible without russia buying in? he has been in office now a week. he has tried to talk to the foreign minister since the north korean test, and so far has not had that call returned. that would indicate that russia is somehow avoiding a closer relationship with the new secretary. >> i think russia wra certainly needs to be engaged. i don't think we know exactly where that conversation is at the moment, but i think, you know what, secretary kerry is doing is showing the leadership that's needed from the united states to try to push political transition. that is ultimately what is going to change the course in syria and coming forward with a plan, building some consensus around that, both within syria and in the international community, i think that's right the right first step in the middle east. >> great to see you. thank you for joining us today. >> coming up next, secretary term challenges. we'll talk to michael. stay with us. ition to taste g
pressure from john mccain and others to do more to help the rebels. what kind of political transition is possible without russia buying in? he has been in office now a week. he has tried to talk to the foreign minister since the north korean test, and so far has not had that call returned. that would indicate that russia is somehow avoiding a closer relationship with the new secretary. >> i think russia wra certainly needs to be engaged. i don't think we know exactly where that...
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. >> and john mccain was one of those speaking out at that armed services hearing. so it isn't only the women. but certainly the women have been leading this fight. here's senator mccain. >> just last night a woman came to me and said her daughter wanted to join the military and could i give my unqualified support for her doing so. i could not. i cannot overstate my disgust and disappointment over the continued reports of sexual misconduct in our military, we've been talking about the issue for years and talk is insufficient. >> and chris cillizza, this is not the only hearing on the hill today. which feeds this general sense that government isn't working. the anger over all of this. the other of course is the irs hearing. this was one of the exchange, which involved paul ryan. >> what happened to you was unfair. it was unfair. and incredibly. inconvenient. but it was a mistake. our job is to make sure it never happens again. anything else like the circus that's happening in the oversight committee or here, is simply political theater. >> mr. ryan is recognized. >>
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. >> you've got people like john mccain upset about military pay and pensions. you've got others on the liberal left side concerned, understandably as well, about the extension of unemployment insurance. there are competing pressures, patty murray and paul ryan said they did the best they could balancing all the equities. it's a deal no one loves. it's a short-term deal but everyone loves the fact this will not have another shutdown omost people i should say love the fact -- maybe not ted cruz, there will not be a major confrontation in the next two years. >> lets not forget the debt ceiling. that shows up. there is a possibility. remember, the deal -- the fact that they came to an agreement is remarkable, the deal itself is unremarkable. that is what everybody on both sides will admit is that the deal itself is a do no harm deal because both parties are politically very weak right now. they cannot afford owning more dysfunction of washington. they can't afford democrats carrying around health care weight. republicans are still carrying around shutdown weight. t
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and then perhaps some ways of using air strikes as john mccain just outlined? >> yeah. but i want to emphasize, andrea, that it has to be done in the context of a strategy for a post-assad transition. there has to be a political strategy here which starts with getting moscow on board. but yes, in that context, operating a no fly zone to provide protection for the areas that have been liberated and set up under a provisional government becomes very important. ultimately, i think we're going to need a u.n. force in there to provide some guarantees and protection for the ail whytes and the christians, ail wyalawid the christians. it can be done from a distance without jeopardizing american pilots and it can be done and it can be done without requiring the total suppression of the capability that the syrians have. that's what we did in iraq, it could be done here, too. >> very briefly. we've had periods in the past with this president, this prime minister, and in the past, with other presidents and prime ministers where there has been american concern about israeli military
and then perhaps some ways of using air strikes as john mccain just outlined? >> yeah. but i want to emphasize, andrea, that it has to be done in the context of a strategy for a post-assad transition. there has to be a political strategy here which starts with getting moscow on board. but yes, in that context, operating a no fly zone to provide protection for the areas that have been liberated and set up under a provisional government becomes very important. ultimately, i think we're...
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talking to senator clinton john mccain, it's conversations ongoing. so we're in this holding pattern we had not predicted even 24 hours ago. many members i'm talking to want to know what the president will say. so those meetings he's having now are critical. you also saw kind of a small flood of no announcements coming out, when it was clear that the current resolution as it stands right now seems to be dead. this was a window for those who want to be on the side of public opinion who want to come out as a no, allowing for diplomacy to move forward or retooled resolution on syria, so there might be a political moment there as well. it's an unusual day here, andrea. >> unusual is an understate, kelly. as you've just pointed out. chris cillizza, one of those nos was ed markey, he voted present. he holds the seat now john kerry held. just look look at the senator from massachusetts voting no against the administration. >> you know, andrea, i think kelly noted there's this window now. you and i have talked about this. i think if you looked at the whip cou
talking to senator clinton john mccain, it's conversations ongoing. so we're in this holding pattern we had not predicted even 24 hours ago. many members i'm talking to want to know what the president will say. so those meetings he's having now are critical. you also saw kind of a small flood of no announcements coming out, when it was clear that the current resolution as it stands right now seems to be dead. this was a window for those who want to be on the side of public opinion who want to...
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i do think it's worth noting is john mccain. we've talked about john mccain and chuck hagel. once very close friends. mccain during the chuck hagel confirmation hearing was one of the most poignant, maybe ted cruise was the most poignant, but one of the most pointed critics of haling. mccain not putting his name to that letter. it's -- this seems like a foregone conclusion here in that this is much more for the public record and for history's sake why this letter was sent. >> and one more thing. before we leave, hagel, is this whole stir yesterday where. >> did you take money from the friends of hamas? >> it's lake-effect like this was a star claim we are bsh it got some legs, and it was all about theater. when you had all those senators, you know, people like cruise questioning him, talking about the friends of hamas, i mean, they were out for blood when it came to hagel and how to make a design in some ways. >> without even checking factual basis for their questions. >> no. >> you can ask anything and create a soundbyte, and people pick it up in social media, and it's off a
i do think it's worth noting is john mccain. we've talked about john mccain and chuck hagel. once very close friends. mccain during the chuck hagel confirmation hearing was one of the most poignant, maybe ted cruise was the most poignant, but one of the most pointed critics of haling. mccain not putting his name to that letter. it's -- this seems like a foregone conclusion here in that this is much more for the public record and for history's sake why this letter was sent. >> and one more...
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he didn't want the distraction sarah palin caused when she was selected by john mccain. he rejected governor christie. then his adviser, main political adviser said, you know what we're losing this race because we're not competing in day to day news coverage. we're in a street fight to win the white house. we need the bess street fighter in the country. that's chris christie. governor romney said lets start looking at him. part of the problem, scrutiny, vet with chris christie, he was remarkably uncooperative. they would ask for things, document and other information. whereas other candidates handed things in promptly, governor christie does not. we don't know of a case where they agree to be vetted then slow walks things in. that frustrated the vetting team. the head said, look, if we ask for something and don't get it back, we have to assume there's something negative there. we can't assume the best. governor christie sent his stuff in, not everything from the vetter's point of view, wrote a report after a crash vet and said here are the concerns we have, the missing d
he didn't want the distraction sarah palin caused when she was selected by john mccain. he rejected governor christie. then his adviser, main political adviser said, you know what we're losing this race because we're not competing in day to day news coverage. we're in a street fight to win the white house. we need the bess street fighter in the country. that's chris christie. governor romney said lets start looking at him. part of the problem, scrutiny, vet with chris christie, he was...
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john mccain has cautioned against it. i still -- i've said this multiple times. you and i have talked about this. i do not think it makes sense to filibuster chuck hagel. i think republicans are not in a position politically speaking to win that fight. >> thank you very much. chris cillizza, we'll be watching and watching tonight and that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." and my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next. >> great to see you. will president obama persuade congress in the state of the union address to do something big in his second term? joining me live, congressman chris van hollen and former white house speechwriter john lubbock. plus, the white house confirms president obama made a last-minute adjustment to the speech to respond to north korea's third nuclear test conducted overnight. we're also following developing news. first vote on chuck hagel's nomination to be the next defense secretary happening within the hour. 45 minutes after the hour. we'll bring it to you live. and i have diabetic nerve pain. i felt like my
john mccain has cautioned against it. i still -- i've said this multiple times. you and i have talked about this. i do not think it makes sense to filibuster chuck hagel. i think republicans are not in a position politically speaking to win that fight. >> thank you very much. chris cillizza, we'll be watching and watching tonight and that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." and my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next. >> great to see you. will...
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kerry. >> is john mccain correct? he was in syria, briefly meeting with the rebels and was basically saying, enough already. we have to change policy. >> well, i, my views have evolved. i said that on this show. six months ago i think we should have changed policy and surely consistent with president obama's view that no boots on the ground, and no active u.s. provision of weapons. we can encourage our allies in europe and in the gulf states who want to do this, too. to provide the weapons they choose to and we can also train folks outside of syria in the use of the weapons. but it seems to me, that to imagine and wish that things will go smoothly for the next month or two until there is a diplomatic negotiation, is really helping the bashar al assad regime survive and possibly will result in the death of tens of thousands of more syrians, but also this massive refugee crisis in jordan and turkey. there are even 200,000 syrian refugees in egypt. that is destabilizing all the regimes in the region and send the exact wr
kerry. >> is john mccain correct? he was in syria, briefly meeting with the rebels and was basically saying, enough already. we have to change policy. >> well, i, my views have evolved. i said that on this show. six months ago i think we should have changed policy and surely consistent with president obama's view that no boots on the ground, and no active u.s. provision of weapons. we can encourage our allies in europe and in the gulf states who want to do this, too. to provide the...
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senators john mccain and lindsey graham are in cairo today. can they brokary solution to the stalemate? >>> going, going, gone. a-rod, the highest player in major league baseball history is about to face suspension but he plans to appeal the punishment as the yankees welcome him back in the lineup tonight. >> he's in there, i'm going to play him. >> he's our teammate. we look forward to seeing him. >> but will baseball fans be as welcoming? >> so baseball he knows that especially on the road a-rod is going to be booed, that ss going to to be booed. it is going to be a circus tonight in chicago. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. state department is keeping 15 diplomatic posts closed for the rest of the week and closing four more today. joining me now from washington, nbc justice correspondent pete williams and from cairo, nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel. first to you, richard, in the field. we know we're talking about unspecified threats emanating from yemen and possibly targeting something in yemen but they don't k
senators john mccain and lindsey graham are in cairo today. can they brokary solution to the stalemate? >>> going, going, gone. a-rod, the highest player in major league baseball history is about to face suspension but he plans to appeal the punishment as the yankees welcome him back in the lineup tonight. >> he's in there, i'm going to play him. >> he's our teammate. we look forward to seeing him. >> but will baseball fans be as welcoming? >> so baseball he...
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kerry and john mccain worked together to find out about our p.o.w.'s and m.i.a.'s, to dispel the conspiracy theories and to make it possible for bill clinton, an anti-vietnam protester, you know, back in the day, to actually have political cover and normalize relations with vietnam, an important step, and, finally, very quickly, there is a washington post-abc poll today showing a 53% majority for the president's gun control proposals. >> you know, andrea, this -- the president's proposals remain popular. the thing would i note in that poll is the proposals are rallying republicans against the plan. even though if you ask them -- if you don't ut put president obama's name to it and say it's part of his plan, they support some of the measures in the plan. they just don't support it when it's president obama's plan, which does, i think as we get -- runs through congress, will see, but it's rallying the democratic base. we know that. behind the proposal. it's also rallying the republican base against it. >> thanks to all. next, women in combat. a seismic
kerry and john mccain worked together to find out about our p.o.w.'s and m.i.a.'s, to dispel the conspiracy theories and to make it possible for bill clinton, an anti-vietnam protester, you know, back in the day, to actually have political cover and normalize relations with vietnam, an important step, and, finally, very quickly, there is a washington post-abc poll today showing a 53% majority for the president's gun control proposals. >> you know, andrea, this -- the president's proposals...
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when you have senator john mccain scolding you, when senator john mccain has been one person who has been after chuck hagel on his own, then you know you have gone too far. rubio was flawless last week. he took a mistake, which looked like the mistake of a water bottle, and turned it into a plus, like few politicians have ever done. maybe like bill clinton we went on, i think, one of the late night talk shows to make fun of johnny carson. john where i carson. s thank you. >> well, rubio so far has just about done everything right, and if one of the big players in the emgregs debate, working with the other side, and has shown that aside from that state of the union response, he picks himself up and moves right on and is making his foreign trip. thank you very much. margaret, good to see you. chris, of course, our daily fix. connecticut lawmakers, meanwhile, are moving very swiftly on new laws at the state level to combat gun violence inspect response to the newtown massacre. vice president biden was there yesterday to urge them on. >> the reflection of what the standing assumption is
when you have senator john mccain scolding you, when senator john mccain has been one person who has been after chuck hagel on his own, then you know you have gone too far. rubio was flawless last week. he took a mistake, which looked like the mistake of a water bottle, and turned it into a plus, like few politicians have ever done. maybe like bill clinton we went on, i think, one of the late night talk shows to make fun of johnny carson. john where i carson. s thank you. >> well, rubio...
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two years of war, 80,000 plus dead, john mccain said it's approaching 100,000. is he now holding the levers of power in that he's got the leaders of hezbollah. iran on the ground and russia has his back? >> i certainly think that the momentum is shifting somewhat. which means it's even more important that we do what's necessary to organize, train, equip the moderate rebel forces to help them have advantage on the battlefield. that we pursue these negotiations and that we help the rebels actually meet the needs of the people in the areas that they control. i mean one of the advantages al nusra has gotten is they're able to provide food and water and electricity to the sunni populations that are under their control. we need to make sure that the moderate rebels can actually compete on that basis as well. in terms of really having the confidence of the population. >> senator mccain said that we should use our pair power to bomb the air strips to take out his ability to use his air force. some concern was expressed to me that he could have prepositioned his chemical
two years of war, 80,000 plus dead, john mccain said it's approaching 100,000. is he now holding the levers of power in that he's got the leaders of hezbollah. iran on the ground and russia has his back? >> i certainly think that the momentum is shifting somewhat. which means it's even more important that we do what's necessary to organize, train, equip the moderate rebel forces to help them have advantage on the battlefield. that we pursue these negotiations and that we help the rebels...
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. >> and from john mccain and former senator kerry. and others. he wasn't as forward leaning as mccain and others. in the senate we are arguing we had to rethink this. hillary clinton and leon panetta and chairman dempsey and others argued and the president rejected it. >> that's the governoring reality. john kerry wants to do x, y and z but he works for the president now. i don't think you are going to see that much different. you are going to see the seron rebels getting something from america where they used to get nothing. it's not necessarily going to change the calculus. >> it's going to be more money and through non-governmental organizations. >> the other interesting question is, is it too late to affect the make up of the opposition? the islamists, the al qaeda affiliated groups have been getting lot of weapons through turkey, through saudi arabia. they are very powerful in that coalition. we spent two years not supporting the sort of people we would like to see take over syria. so, it might be too late on that front as well. >> we saw th
. >> and from john mccain and former senator kerry. and others. he wasn't as forward leaning as mccain and others. in the senate we are arguing we had to rethink this. hillary clinton and leon panetta and chairman dempsey and others argued and the president rejected it. >> that's the governoring reality. john kerry wants to do x, y and z but he works for the president now. i don't think you are going to see that much different. you are going to see the seron rebels getting something...
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you just finished interviewing john mccain there in cairo. what is he saying about the situation in egypt and the threat level in neighboring yemen? >> reporter: i just left the senator a couple of minutes ago. i was afraid i wasn't going to get to your show in time. he said he is very concerned about what is going to happen in egypt. he thinks that unless there is some sort of reconciliation between the military which he believes did enact a coup against the muslim brotherhood government of mohamed morsi, that unless there is some sort of way to get people negotiating and finding a peaceful resolution that the muslim brotherhood could go underground, it could become more extreme and that there could become a long term insurgency in this problem which is something that i've heard from other more precise middle east analysts as well. so he's here, he says, to help try an bring the two sides together because he's worried that if they don't, the military will continue its crackdown on the muslim brotherhood and then egypt could go down a fairly
you just finished interviewing john mccain there in cairo. what is he saying about the situation in egypt and the threat level in neighboring yemen? >> reporter: i just left the senator a couple of minutes ago. i was afraid i wasn't going to get to your show in time. he said he is very concerned about what is going to happen in egypt. he thinks that unless there is some sort of reconciliation between the military which he believes did enact a coup against the muslim brotherhood government...
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. >> and john mccain was speaking on fox today, and, of course, he's a prime mover on this. let's watch. >> i think that this legislation should reassure anyone who is concerned about a lack of security on the border, is it more than i would have recommended? honestly, yes. but we have got to give people confidence. and by the way, if there is anyone who still will argue that the border is not secure after this, then border security is not their reason for opposing a path to citizenship for the people who are in this country illegally. >> allen gomez, that's the old straight-talking john mccain. he's absolutely dealing with this. if you don't think that $25 billion more is going to secure the border, you're just afraid of those people of color coming over. >> yeah, a big part of getting this amendment through is to be able to say exactly what senator mccain said there. trying to put to bed any concerns about does this secure the border enough. but immediately there have already been criticisms it's not focusing on what they need to. talking about exit entry and being able to
. >> and john mccain was speaking on fox today, and, of course, he's a prime mover on this. let's watch. >> i think that this legislation should reassure anyone who is concerned about a lack of security on the border, is it more than i would have recommended? honestly, yes. but we have got to give people confidence. and by the way, if there is anyone who still will argue that the border is not secure after this, then border security is not their reason for opposing a path to...
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mccain said on the floor, that he would now agree to give up on his prize legislative accomplishment? >> that's true. i do think the fact that he, himself, has delayed the implementation of the corporate responsibility says we need to tweet this. we need to come in. it's not going to be abolished. there are some improvements that could be made. i think one of the things republicans are looking for is to give individuals the same reprieve that corporations are getting, because it's pretty daunting the things that we're hearing about the cost of insurance, the diminishing of care that's going to be offered in many of these plans. i think that something this big, this much impact on our economy should be taken in a slow transition as can possibly be done. >> do you think given how few days are left now that ted krez used up one day or two days and we have to wait for a bill to come back from the senate to the house and back and forth, with this crisis now moving on monday, is this the time to be dealing with this or do leaders on both sides, the white house and the hill have to sit down
mccain said on the floor, that he would now agree to give up on his prize legislative accomplishment? >> that's true. i do think the fact that he, himself, has delayed the implementation of the corporate responsibility says we need to tweet this. we need to come in. it's not going to be abolished. there are some improvements that could be made. i think one of the things republicans are looking for is to give individuals the same reprieve that corporations are getting, because it's pretty...
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mccain will end up voting for chuck hagel? >> i don't know if he will or won't, but i know when i believe that chuck hagel will probably be confirmed and that they will find a way back to a friendship or at least a good relationship. >> because of the vietnam experience. >> i think that most people disagree. i believe that chuck shum schumer will vote for chuck hagel. >> let's just point out that we were -- when you see a picture of the east room of the white house, the press corps awaiting, right now hamid karzai and president obama are having lunch, and when they come out, we were told it would be at 1:15. if they come out, they will each make statements and answer questions. clearly the president is also going to be asked about domestic issues. i would suspect guns given that that is one of the prime issues that the white house is dealing with right now as joe biden continues meetings on the gun issue today. chris alissa, when we talk about president obama and what he is facing in changing his team, when david gregory asked
mccain will end up voting for chuck hagel? >> i don't know if he will or won't, but i know when i believe that chuck hagel will probably be confirmed and that they will find a way back to a friendship or at least a good relationship. >> because of the vietnam experience. >> i think that most people disagree. i believe that chuck shum schumer will vote for chuck hagel. >> let's just point out that we were -- when you see a picture of the east room of the white house, the...
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mccain and colleagues pull it together in the senate, in the house john boehner is looking over his shoulder at eric cantor. >> what he sees he probably won't like because the heat will be very strong on him not to cooperate and not to get behind a deal with this administration certainly coming out of the senate. you know, mcconnell is sitting there. he's going to take duck and cover for the next few months if he can. this was a marriage of political convenience with his campaign staff. so the reality for him right now is to stay as much out of the way and very much like advice to guys going home, won't take heat unless he has to. there will be no public expression by mcconnell on anything going forward because he's between a rock and a very hard place. >> michael steel, thank you so much. bob, great to see you. thanks for joining us today. you can call it pie gate. yesterday things got messy for savannah guthrie, our good friend during her interview with jim fallon with help of banana cream pie. she explained it all on the "today" show this morning. >> i had a pie in my face. do yo
mccain and colleagues pull it together in the senate, in the house john boehner is looking over his shoulder at eric cantor. >> what he sees he probably won't like because the heat will be very strong on him not to cooperate and not to get behind a deal with this administration certainly coming out of the senate. you know, mcconnell is sitting there. he's going to take duck and cover for the next few months if he can. this was a marriage of political convenience with his campaign staff....
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john mccain is questioning whether it is too little, too late. we have seen in the last week that the rebel positions are increasingly in trouble. the cities are falling so they needed these weapons sooner rather than later. >> assad has captured key strongholds, russia is coming out today disputing the united states' claims of use of chemicals weapons. did president obama wait too late to engage politically. >> there is no question that the obama administration did not want to get into this situation. all of the statements, both privately, publicly from administration officials, is that they did not want to have direct u.s. support. the red line rhetoric that the president used, the statement he made about the red line clearly put the obama administration in a little bit of a bind once it was proven in the american intelligence calculation that chemical weapons were used, the administration believed it had to do something. yes wshlg yes, the question is whether american support will tip the balance. aleppo is under siege. the government is looki
john mccain is questioning whether it is too little, too late. we have seen in the last week that the rebel positions are increasingly in trouble. the cities are falling so they needed these weapons sooner rather than later. >> assad has captured key strongholds, russia is coming out today disputing the united states' claims of use of chemicals weapons. did president obama wait too late to engage politically. >> there is no question that the obama administration did not want to get...